I ran 101.95 miles, 15 days out of 31 days, 6.8 miles/run in March.
Sun, 2/27/11: 5.6 miles, 1:17:34, 20F, sunny, calm in the woods, a bit of walking, no pain.
Garmin Connect Activity for Sehgahunda Trail Marathon Practice Run #1 - I forgot to turn off my Garmin when I got done until I was almost back to the start.
CJ and I headed down to the Mount Morris Dam Visitor's Lodge for the Sehgahunda Trail Marathon Practice Run #1. Yes, it was cold ... but what better way to spend a Sunday morning? About 30 or so trail runners showed up. The conditions were about 3 to 6 inches of crunchy to soft snow on the trail which made the running very strenuous. The stream crossings were icy. Twice I had to practically kiss the ground to get underneath a tree that had fallen down across the trail. The climb out to Check Point #1 was long. By the time I got there, 5.6 miles later, I was spent. I gladly took advantage of a ride back to the Dam. Meanwhile, CJ had walked 1.8 miles on the trail so she knew full well of the conditions. Kudos to the runners who ran back to the Dam ... wow! I really need to figure out a strategy for hydration and nutrition. I really tend to not do either as much as I need to on longer races ... like marathons.
After a short rest, CJ and I headed out to Newark to see my daughter and help her celebrate her 23rd birthday. CJ made a chocolate chip cookie cake with chocolate frosting that tasted yummy! Meanwhile, CJ had put a pork roast in the crockpot so we had a yummy supper with a sweet potato!
Mon, 3/28/11: Rest day.
Just your average day of work. I finally got my laptop back up and running the way I like it. It is amazing how much work it takes ... a full day to load XP, Office 2003, all the security updates plus all the other stuff that I usually use (Firefox, Chrome, PowerDVD, Foxit Reader, PopPeeper, Quicktime, RealPlayer, AVG, CCleaner, Spywareblaster, Malwarebytes, Zonealarm).
Tue, 3/29/11: 6.1 miles, 46:11, 7:34 pace, 40F, sunny, calm, 1 traffic stop, no pain.
Garmin Connect Activity for FF Cobbs Hill run, 3 Y's
It was beautiful day, CJ and I headed down to Fleet Feet for the usual Cobbs Hill run. I headed out slow up, picked it up a bit for the 3 Y's, then a bit faster back down. I was a bit thirsty, I could have used some water instead of trying to swallow spit I didn't have. When we got back, CJ made the usual yummy pasta dinner.
Wed, 3/30/11: Rest day.
Just your normal rest day. I took CJ out to get her nails done at New Nails then we had a nice supper at Keenan's Restaurant. I had the Philly cheese steak sandwich with sweet potato fries and CJ had the Keenan's burger with regular fries. Mmmm!
Thu, 3/31/11: 8.5 miles, 1:06:12, 7:47 pace, 40F, cloudy, calm, 1 water stop, no pain.
Garmin Connect Connect Activity for Out to Colebrook Drive
I really wanted to get to 100 miles this month ... so I really had to get out. I started out easy ... then I concentrated on reaching out with my stride, still easy but fast. I just kept it going. I turned around at Colebrook Drive with a stop for water. Then I gutted it back ... trying to keep my form and reaching out with each stride. I just can't seem to run slow on the road.
Running 100 miles in a month is kind of a goal for me. I don't meet it every month but it is a nice round number that has a certain pull on me.
Later, I tried to stay up to watch the LA Lakers play the Dallas Mavericks in LA. I fell asleep on the couch and missed the 4th quarter where 5 players were ejected. LA won 110-82, link here.
Fri, 4/1/11: 4.1 miles, 30:18, 7:24 pace, 42F, cloudy, calm, 1 traffic stop, no pain.
Garmin Connect Activity for FF Happy Hour run
CJ and I headed down to Fleet Feet for the usual Happy Hour run. I really did start out easy but ... as usual that didn't last. I always push myself when I run ... it's just how I'm wired. CJ walked 2.12 miles according to her map on Nike+ but her Nike+ itself said only 1.64 mile. Her Nike+ definitely needs to be recalibrated for sure.
CJ went to bed but I found the LA Lakers against the Utah Jazz in Utah on ESPN. This time I saw the whole game from midway in the 2nd quarter to the end. The Lakers were down 16 but closed with a 10-0 run to close to 42-48 the half. Then the Lakers outscored the Jazz 29-14 in the 3rd quarter. The Lakers went on to win 96-85, link here. The Lakers are now 17-1 since the All-Star break and only trail the San Antonio Spurs by 1 in the loss column for the best record with 7 games to go.
Sat, 4/2/11: Rest day.
I really wanted to get some organizing done ... but today was no different. I really need to organize but can't seem to get started. Anyway ... after a nice long sleep (which I probably really needed), CJ and I got up on all the DVR'ed episodes of Fringe and Grey's Anatomy that we were behind. CJ made a nice rib, baked potato and peas supper.
Tomorrow, will be a long day. In the morning, I will running the Spring Forward 15K, CJ will be walking the 2.5 mile fun run. Then in the afternoon, we will headed down to Newark so I can install a D-Link DIR-615 N Wireless Router for my children. Hopefully it will speed up their old Trendnet G Wireless Router that is poking along at 1 Mbs according to Speedtest.net.
